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Hip-Hop On A Higher LevelThu, 26 Feb 2015 20:40:54 -0500hourly1By: DJ Lucky Lukehttp://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/06/mind-playing-tricks/#comment-33891
Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:22:53 +0000http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=2117#comment-33891Yo, I’m with RW, this shit gets played out like a cheesy soap opera. Rappers dying and little girls crying their eyes out and homie’s on the block saying, “Man, that’s fucked up.” Shit, whatever beef these men incurred seeped into hip-hop and left a bad taste in our mouth. It’s only deadly out there because we make it deadly out there. I don’t start no beef and have no reason to fear another man coming to my home to kill me in my sleep or shoot up the side of my car. Hispanics and now blacks take this machismo thing too far. We don’t need that shit in hip-hop so if all the problematic ones are dying off, I think it’s better for the art anyway…
]]>By: RWhttp://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/06/mind-playing-tricks/#comment-33654
Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:28:19 +0000http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=2117#comment-33654Shit like this is the reason rap music has become completely irrelevant. We’re more interested in the drama about who’s going to shoot who next, and on what flimsy pretext. If rappers weren’t so busy clumsily trying to imitate La Cosa Nostra movies (hint: the Corleones didn’t wear Mitchell and Ness jerseys, motherfuckers!), maybe someone would have time to spend a little quality time writing some good music.

Or not. You know what? Fuck Biggie Smalls, and fuck the whole morbid fascination with people in the music business who act like they’re trying hard to get someone to shoot their asses, and fuck us all for getting all weepy when someone finally does shoot them.

]]>By: H-Manhttp://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/06/mind-playing-tricks/#comment-33648
Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:19:40 +0000http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=2117#comment-33648Gotta die sometime!! Do ya think your gonna live forever?? Fuck it. My vision is a river of blood. Do or Die! Live like a man and God Damn it, die like one too. Til death do us part. My oath of office
]]>By: GI JOEhttp://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/06/mind-playing-tricks/#comment-33368
Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:16:28 +0000http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=2117#comment-33368see this is how it goes down.
before being a rapper, these guys are normal joes becoming involved in street shit. somwhere down the line, a handful of these “rappers” end up in some foul shit with the streets or with rival clicks. examples: gangs, snitching, or simply being a hoe-ass nigga in the hood. but…but…
when they make it out, the majority of people who don’t know shit about these dudes background always are like
“OH YEAH, HE’S THE TRUTH!” “OH YEAH, HE KEEP IT REAL!” . you dont know a damn thing about that muthafucka!! Most of these so-called thugs could’ve been the most bitch-made niggas you’d ever met, but yet, you all keep sucking dick like that’s your men. damn near you bastards need to get a life and stop worryin about what the next man is doin. and on another note, if these niggas were “kingpins” on the block, why the fuck are most of’em still broke. c’mon.
]]>By: G Offhttp://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/06/mind-playing-tricks/#comment-33327
Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:06:42 +0000http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=2117#comment-33327Makes you wonder if they are always like that, or if they are putting on a show for the writer to show how “real” they are? I bet it’s some of both.

-Level of Fame
-Level of Maturity
-Level of Paranoia
-Amount of Cash
-Drugs Used

This may seem irreverent, but you look at the factors of the situation regarding Proof:

4am, kids at home, he’s at a bar, strapped

Those are facts. I’d speculate that he was probably smoking something other than the blunt and has an I dont give a eff attitude about him because of his slight level of fame achieved.

(I didn’t sympathize at all for him, there’s a reason millions of people don’t get shot/have no chance of getting shot, they don’t put themselved in that situation)

Then there’s a another RIP rapper, Big Hawk, who was supposedly going to a card game a little earlier, around 11pm, at his guys house. Supposedly this guy had his head on straight and his identity was mistaken when murdered. Apparantly he wasn’t strapped when he was approached.

(I find it much easier to sympathize for an individual who doesn’t put himself in a bad situation, but rather is a victim of [alleged] circumstance)

A guy like with such huge exposure like Biggie knew a legit threat was out on his life. He knew it, so he took appropriate measures. Biggie was smarter than most other rappers, seemed to have more of a value of his own life.

Then there is DMX, who rolls around dressed like a cop all shermed out with a bag under the seat. Obviously the threat him at the time was less, and even if it was greater he’d probably have acted the same.